WOMEN'S HEALTH: TRACKING CANCER IN THE GUATEMALAN HIGHLANDS

Members of five international health organizations that make up the ACCP, seeking a lower cost alternative, developed the Ascetic Acid/Cryotherapy (VIA/Cryo) method for use in poorer areas with few infrastructural or human resources. Increasingly, international NGOs have sought to overcome the hurdles to providing affordable treatment for cervical cancer in rural areas.